SAN JOSE (KRON) – The San Jose Catholic diocese has released the names of priests accused of abusing children.
Out of the 15 priests named on the list, ten of them are dead.
According to the diocese, the individuals on this list were assigned to a parish or diocesan ministry in Santa Clara County by the Bishop of San Jose or, in the years before our founding in 1981, by the Archbishop of San Francisco.
On Wednesday, Bishop Patrick McGrath told church members there needs to be more transparency in the way the church responds to the sexual abuse allegations of minors by priests.
He hopes that releasing the names will help victims, survivors, and families heal.
“There will be one or two tomorrow that will be different but since 2002,” McGrath said Wednesday. “We realized how important it was to the victims for their peace of mind for transparency that they will see the whole list together, and if there are other people out there who have not come forward, now is the moment to do so.”
The bishop said no one at this time is under any kind of investigation and that the cases involving the priests on the list have all been closed.
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